Category: Abandoned Babies

Often we read about man’s best friend going above and beyond to save members of their family or helpless little ones, but today a fluffy feline is getting the credit for keeping an abandoned baby alive.

Authorities in Chesterfield, South Carolina are desperately searching for the mother of an infant that was found in a bathroom stall at a local government building. Shortly after 5 p.m. On December 30th, an employee at the Chesterfield County Health Department discovered a newborn baby girl on the floor of a bathroom stall.

It seems we hear all too many stories of the abandoned babies all over the world; today, we have yet another one to share – one where the young mother delivered the baby and then left it in the toilet to return to her classes. Thankfully, this one does have a happy ending.

On Monday just before noon witnesses at the Columbus Circle station in New York City said that when the doors of the subway opened, a women walked out pushing a baby in a stroller. She then darted back onto the train and disappeared.

Last year 44 children died from being left in hot cars unattended, a stat that was a more than 25% over 2012’s numbers. This year 13 children have died from being left in hot vehicles, but those sad stats didn’t deter an Oregon nanny from leaving two young children in the car while she bronzed her body at the tanning salon.

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver plans to open a special area where troubled mothers and leave their infants anonymously and safely. The staff hopes this will lower the numbers of abandoned infants found dead in the Vancouver area.

Project Cuddle® is an important organization dedicated to saving babies across the country from the fate of being abandoned.
It was founded 13 years ago from the living room of Debbe Magnusen with the hopes of saving the lives of babies that would otherwise be lost.

Last Sunday night a newborn was found abandoned in a shoe box in the lobby of a Long Island Apartment Building.
Yesterday police arrested the newborn’s mom. She has six other children, ages 8 and younger, and admitted to being addicted to cocaine during this pregnancy.